The Nationals magic number is down to 4 after a comeback win over the Mets. John Maine was pitching well and left with a 3-1 lead, but it all goes wrong for Pedro Feliciano in the 8th. The Mets call Billy Wagner from the bullpen, but he is unable to douse the flames. 1B Seth Green has a big part in the collapse, committing 2 errors in the inning.

*** BOTTOM OF INNING 8 ***
SUBSTITUTE P - Pedro Feliciano
SUBSTITUTE RF- Carlos Gomez
SUBSTITUTE PH- Justin Maxwell
0 J.Maxwell 1- 9 4 5 Single b-1
SUBSTITUTE PH- Jesus Flores
0 1 J.Flores 1- 7 8 Single 1-3 b-1
SUBSTITUTE P - Billy Wagner
0 1 3 N.Logan 5-12 6 1 Base Error - 1B 3-H 1-2 b-1
0 12 F.Lopez 1- 8 4 Walk 2-3 1-2 b-1
0 123 R.Zimmerman 4-12 5 Single & Error - 1B 3-H 2-H 1-3 b-2
0 23 W.Pena 2- 5 1 Single 3-H 2-o b-1
SUBSTITUTE P - Aaron Heilman
1 1 A.Kearns 2- 5 2 Fly Out b-0
2 1 R.Belliard 1- 6 2 Single 1-3 b-1
2 1 3 R.Fick 5- 8 3 Force Play 1-o b-1

Chad Cordero pitches the 9th for his 33rd save.

Although the Mets have a 8 1/2 game lead to make up over their last 10 games in order to win the division, the playoffs could still be in their sights in the form of the wild card. They currently sit just 1 game behind the Cubs. The defending SOM world champion Astros are a game and a half back in the wild card standings.


Strat-O-Matic Report






BOXSCORE: 2007 New York (NL) Mets At 2007 Washington Nationals 9/18/2007

Mets AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG
J.Reyes SS 4 0 0 0 .291 N.Logan CF 4 1 1 2 .332
L.Castillo 2B 4 1 1 0 .273 F.Lopez SS 3 1 0 0 .248
D.Wright 3B 4 1 1 0 .304 R.Zimmerman 3B 4 0 1 1 .274
C.Beltran CF 5 0 1 0 .286 W.Pena LF 4 0 2 1 .433
M.Alou LF 4 0 2 2 .326 C.Cordero P 0 0 0 0 ----
S.Green 1B 4 0 0 0 .303 A.Kearns RF 4 0 1 0 .239
P.Lo Duca C 4 1 3 0 .280 R.Belliard 2B 4 0 2 0 .278
E.Chavez RF 4 0 3 0 .347 R.Fick 1B 4 0 0 0 .208
B-C.Gomez RF 0 0 0 0 .297 B.Schneider C 1 1 0 0 .236
J.Maine P 2 0 1 1 .203 C-J.Maxwell PH 1 1 1 0 .429
A-R.Gotay PH 1 0 0 0 .278 E-R.Langerhans LF 0 0 0 0 .175
P.Feliciano P 0 0 0 0 .250 J.Hanrahan P 2 0 1 0 .348
B.Wagner P 0 0 0 01.000 W.Abreu P 0 0 0 0 .000
A.Heilman P 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Rauch P 0 0 0 0 .000
D-J.Flores PH,C 1 1 1 0 .237
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 36 3 12 3 Totals 32 5 10 4

A-Pinch Hit For Maine In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Chavez In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Schneider In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Rauch In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Maxwell In 9th Inning

Mets............ 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 - 3 12 2
Nationals....... 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 - 5 10 0

Mets (78-72) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Maine 7 5 1 1 1 4 0 95 3.68
P.Feliciano 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 13 3.59
B.Wagner L(3-5) BS(11th) 0 1/3 2 2 2 1 0 0 16 2.83
A.Heilman 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 2.76
Totals 8 10 5 5 2 4 0

Nationals (87-64) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Hanrahan 6 9 2 2 2 4 0 106 5.40
W.Abreu 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 18 3.66
J.Rauch WIN(7-0) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.59
C.Cordero SAVE(33rd) 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 18 4.13
Totals 9 12 3 3 3 6 0

ATTENDANCE- 46,037 DATE- Tuesday, September 18th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Brian O'Nora, Phil Cuzzi, Jerry Crawford, Bill Hohn
T- 2:50
LEFT ON BASE- Mets:10 Nationals: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Mets: 2 Nationals: 1
ERRORS- S.Green-2
DOUBLES- J.Hanrahan
CAUGHT STEALING- C.Beltran
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Maine
WALKS- J.Reyes, L.Castillo, D.Wright, F.Lopez, B.Schneider
STRIKE OUTS- J.Reyes, C.Beltran-4, J.Maine, R.Zimmerman-2, A.Kearns, R.Belliard
GIDP- R.Belliard
WILD PITCHES- J.Hanrahan
PASSED BALLS- J.Flores

Wily Mo Pena had 2 base hits at RFK STADIUM where the Washington Nationals
beat the New York (NL) Mets 5 to 3.

Washington came through with the game-winning runs in the bottom of the 8th
inning when they scored 4 runs on 5 hits. Washington had a total of 10 hits
for the game.

Jon Rauch(7-0) got the win allowing no runs in 1 inning. Chad Cordero recorded
the save, his 33rd. Billy Wagner(3-5) was the loser in relief. He
surrendered 2 hits and 1 walk in 1/3 of an inning.









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